Moisés_Duque
Moisés Duque
Rugby player
Moisés Rodrigues Duque (born 21 December 1988 in São José dos Campos) is a Brazilian rugby union player. He plays as a centre.
| Date of birth | (1988-12-21) December 21, 1988 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The player has already played for Blagnac, a French team that was (at the time) playing in the third division in his country.[1]
He played for São José Rugby Clube in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Rugby. He played briefly for Blagnac at the Fédérale 1 of the French Rugby, in 2012/13. He returned afterwards to São José Rugby Club.[2]
He has 18 caps for Brazil, since his first game at 2013, with 4 try, 18 conversions, 20 penalties and 2 drop goals scored, 122 points on aggregate.[3] He scored a conversion and four penalties in the historical 24-23 win over United States at 27 February 2016, in the first edition of the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship. It was the first time the "Tupis" faced the United States and was also the first win of Brazil over a second tier rugby team. In the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship, Moisés Duque was named the competition's top scorer (with 43 points).[4]
He is also an important player for the sevens national team side.
- Ramalho, Victor (26 September 2012). "Portal do Rugby - Moisés Duque estreia na França". Portal do Rugby (alvo em archive.is). Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- Costa, Arthur (14 February 2013). "Eles sabem que o Brasil está crescendo" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- Ramalho, Victor (5 March 2017). "Moisés Duque é o artilheiro de todo o Americas Rugby Championship 2017". www.portaldorugby.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Portal do Rugby. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- Moisés Duque at ESPNscrum
- Moisés Duque at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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